2/1/09

Do not let the word cheddar turn you off. You hardly notice it. To be honest, I have never in my life tasted a cookie as good as these. I only had two of them and the rest were sent off to friends as I knew I would easily eat them all. I worked hard on finding the right balance of sweet to savory in a gentle way, and I finally found it. I wanted a cookie that was moist hence the sweet potato, wanted a savory cookie hence the cheddar cheese, and wanted a bit of sweet with some texture hence the chocolate chips and the nice texture of raisins. I knew they would all work together nicely in a cookie. And there is a healthy aspect to this too with the sweet potato and oats. These cookies have all that nice savory and sweet, but not overly so on both. Trust me you will love these; they tasted so good with my morning coffee and were the kind of cookies that 'stick to your ribs' and fills you up.

In a separate bowl combine the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt, whisk a bit; place to the side.
In another separate bowl combine the oats, raisins, pecans and chocolate chips, mix well.
In a big bowl, cream the butter and both sugars together. Add eggs, then the sweet potatoes, and then the cheddar cheese, combine. Then fold in the dry ingredients; then pecan, raisins and oat mixture.
Don’t over mix, just fold in.
Drop by tablespoon size onto a non stick cookie sheet about 2 inches apart. These cookies do rise a bit. You could shape them into smaller sizes if you want.
Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes. Or until a light golden brown around the edges.
Should make about 30 cookies,depending on size +/-

The texture of the cookies in your last photo is wonderful! I'm all for the addition of cheddar cheese in the cookies. Cheddar goes perfectly with oats and raisins. Maybe one day you and I should sit down and write a cookbook with all of our creations. I just love how you make the ordinary anything but! :)

These have to be one of the oddest concoctions I've heard of, LOL! But I totally trust you and bet they are to die for. Where do you come up with these?!!! You're amazing and NEED to get on that cookbook writing!

Such an odd combo.. how did you come up with it? Sweet potato pie? I am going to have to try this after your rave review. What a good way to get some veggies into the kids. They look utterly delicious!!

I think I need to get a job where your hubby works. Those people have it made. Think they might cure the flu? Send me about 12 dozen ok? These sound fabulous and is one of the best combinations I have heard of in a long time. Hands down, you are the best, Dawn.

My husband and I made these cookies today. He loved them, I loved them, and the baby loved them! Thank you for posting this recipe. It's a very complex flavor, actually. The sweet potato, raisins, cheddar, chocolate - all of it really comes together to form a lovely textured cookie.

Just made these (well, two days ago, haha) as a hostess gift for a wine-and-cheese. I thought, hey, I love baking cookies, and here's a cookie that has savoury-but-sweet ingredients. They are a hit!! And they have fibre and protein in them, right (sweet pots, cheese, nuts)...*num num*. I used blanched peanuts as that was what was on hand, and in general a bit less of the cheese, the nuts and the chips as I had not much of each on hand.

Note that because the sweet pots are fibrous, you need to shape these the way you want, they won't spread. Probably press them down a bit on the sheets if you want cookie-shape cookies as opposed to muffin tops.

Thank you for your creativeness and amazing pictures! All the best for 2010.

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